Our last day in Tokyo was a cacophony of colour and crowds. Howdy fans! Today was our final day in this mega-metropolis; we wanted to end our Tokyo sojourn with a full sensory immersion into this city’s young, hip, cool and funky side. So we started with a pre-breakfast […]
A rainy visit to Hakone. After almost a week of clouds and drizzle, today was our first day of genuine rain. Big fat wet drops of summer rain. The up-side: the rain kept temperarures down to a very pleasant 21°C. The down-side: we had our tickets prebooked for […]
Happy birthday Pa Mortensen – we went to the fish markets for your birthday! First and foremost: O tanjō-bi omedetō-gozaimasu to the eldest of our clan! Happy birthday Pa Mortensen – hope you had a great 71st anniversary of your birth. We thought we’d head out to the […]
Mall-trawling and people watching, Tokyo style! We took ourselves to Shinjuku today to see young, hip Tokyo at its best. The suburb ward of Shinjuku is the modern heart of Tokyo – another “city centre” in this massive metropolis. It’s about 8km west of where we’re staying and is […]
The adrenaline rush of Tokyo city! We left the peace and tranquility of the Japanese alps behind today and took a super-limited-express shinkansen (translation = very fast train that stops NOWHERE except your final destination) from Nagano City to Tokyo. It took less than 2 hours to cover […]
